REVISION OF PEORIINAE AND ANERASTIINAE 13 



Key to the Species of Peoria Based Upon External Features 



1. R2 stalked with R3+4; M J absent 2 



II2 not stalked with R3+4; if stalked, then M2 present 7 



2. M3 stalked with Cui; hindwing M3 absent 3 



Ms not stalked with Cui, sometimes from point; hindwing M3 usually 



present 4 



3. Transverse posterior indicated by line of dots (fig. 10) roseotinctella 



Transverse posterior absent; terminal line of dots present . . N. hebetella 



4. Forewing abruptly pale anterior to cell, with no more than a few scattered 



nonwhite scales 5 



Forewing not abruptly pale anterior to cell 6 



5. Forewing pale posterior to A2; palpi porrect (fig. 14) approximella 



Forewing not pale posterior to Aj; palpi ascending (fig. 12) , . luteicostella 



6. Forewing darker posterior to cell; maxillary palpi approaching frons; (fig. 



13) bipartitella 



Forewing not darker posterior to cell; maxillary palpi not approaching 

 frons; (fig. 1) johnstoni 



7. Forewing with transverse bands (fig. 9) longipalpella 



Transverse bands absent 8 



8. Forewing light buff, abruptly pale anterior to cell (figs. 3, 4) . . holoponerella 

 Forewing not abruptly pale anterior to ceU 9 



9. Veins traced with white 11 



Veins not traced with white 10 



10. Ground white anterior to cubitus; cubitus bordered posteriorly with red; 



maxillary palpi not reaching frons (fig. 5) santaritella 



Ground a mixture of brown and white scales; usually lighter anterior to 

 cubitus, at least near base; maxillary palpi reaching frons (fig. 

 11) opacella 



11. Forewing darker posterior to cell, at least near base 12 



Forewing not darker posterior to cell 13 



12. Aa traced with white, bordered with brown; maxillary palpi not reaching 



frons (fig. 8) floridella 



A2 not traced with white; maxillary palpi reaching frons (fig. 11). . . opacella 



13. Cubitus and lower outer angle of cell broadly traced with white (fig. 



6) tetradella 



Notasabove;ScandRstracedwith white; ground reddish brown . . . , 14 



14. R2 free from cell (fig. 7) gemmatella 



R2 stalked with Rj+4 (fig. 2) rostrella 



Peoria longipalpella (Ragonot), new combination 



Figures 9, 51, 70, 105, 144 



Aurora longipalpella Ragonot, 1887, p. 18. — Hulst, 1890, p. 210. — Smith, 1891, 

 p. 84. — Ragonot, 1901, pp. 337-338. — Hulst, 1902, p. 437. — Barnes and 

 McDunnough, 1917, p. 149. — Hampson, 1918, p. 106. — Forbes, 1923, p, 

 638. — McDunnough, 1939, p. 35. — KimbaU, 1965, p. 250. 



Diagnosis. — This is the only known species of Peoria in wliich the 

 forewings are marked with unbroken transverse bands, although 

 transverse rows of dots occur in a few other members of the genus. 



